2008 in British radio

List of years in British radio (table)
In British television
2005
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2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
In British music
2005
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In British film
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This is a list of events in British radio during 2008.

Events

Station debuts

Relaunching this year after a break of one month or longer

Closing this year

Date Station Debut
11 January Oneword 2000[18]
11 January Core Radio 1999[18]
26 March Fosseway Radio 1998
Oak 107 FM 1999
31 March theJazz 2006[19]
23 December Talk 107 2006

Deaths

References

  1. "Birdsong proves popular on radio". The Daily Telegraph (London: Telegraph Media Group). 5 February 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  2. "Birdsong is back". ukdigitalradio. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  3. "icBirmingham – Stan to take over from Sarah-Jane". Birmingham Mail (Trinity Mirror). 12 January 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. "DAB re-armed with BFBS radio". Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  5. Dorricott, Carmel. "Heart fm Press Centre " A New sound for Heart Breakfast". Heartfmpress.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  6. Sweney, Mark (30 June 2008). "Tarrant v Ross: let battle commence". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  7. Churchill, Carolyn (9 August 2008). "Criticism for radio station that axed Scots DJs". Glasgow Herald (Newsquest Media Ltd). Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  8. Lewry, Fraser (18 September 2008). "When Hardeep met Les". The Word (Development Hell). Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  9. Media Monkey (23 September 2008). "Take it away, Les: Hardeep Singh Kohli terminates BBC radio interview". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  10. "Audio of Hardeep Singh Kohli interview". YouTube. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  11. Plunkett, John (14 October 2008). "The Guardian, News, Media, Radio, Tuesday October 14, 2008 16.52 BST – 4 Digital radio partners in crisis talks". London: Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  12. "The ups and downs of Ross' career". BBC News. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  13. "Ross suspended for three months". BBC News. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  14. "Birmingham – BBC WM – Joanne Malin joins BBC WM". BBC. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  15. Plunkett, John (21 November 2008). "TV and radio presenter Paul Coia is to replace Martin Collins as the drivetime host of London's Smooth Radio". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  16. 1 2 Blackaby, Anna (4 August 2008). "Birmingham sees launch of two new community radio stations". Birmingham Post (Trinity Mirror Midlands). Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  17. "Farewell, Focal Radio". Radio Today. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  18. 1 2 Plunkett, John (10 January 2008). "Two digital radio stations to close". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  19. Sherwin, Adam (2 May 2008). "Jazz station wins record audience after scrapping DJs". London: The Times. Retrieved 18 December 2009.(subscription required)
  20. "Peter Coke". The Daily Telegraph (London: Telegraph Media Group). 31 July 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
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